Re: CIDR prefixes

Alan Hannan <hannan@uu.net> Fri, 15 November 1996 18:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: CIDR prefixes
To: Rick Ervin <rervin@dnanet.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:02:25 -0500
From: Alan Hannan <hannan@uu.net>
Cc: cidrd@iepg.org
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961115083252.0067ce74@mail.dnanet.com> from "Rick Ervin" at Nov 15, 96 08:32:52 am
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  RFC 1878

> 
> To CIDR:
> 
> Has anyone taken the CIDR prefix table, and converted it to the appropriate
> subnet mask?
> 
> I'm having a devil of a time with this, and it would sure be nice if there
> was a table (such as the Class C Subnetting sheet that I have) that would
> look something like this:
> 
> CIDR Prefix     # of former class C nets        Appropriate Subnet Mask 
> /24                     1                       255.255.255.0
> etc., etc.
> 
> This would sure make it easy for a dummy like me to set up routers that are
> using the CIDR scheme, as I am only clear on the old Subnet Mask way of
> doing things.
> 
> Anyway, if there is such an animal, I would appreciate knowing where to get
> it.  Otherwise, I guess I'll have to sit down and wrestle with creating this
> list myself.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> Rick Ervin
> DNA
> 
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